Members In The News

County Music and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer and legendary singer/songwriter Whisperin’ Bill Anderson will serve as moderator of the inaugural Hank Williams Songwriting Workshop.

The Country Music Hall of Fame formally announced the inductees for 2013. The newest class includes Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member, “Cowboy” Jack Clement, Bobby Bare and Kenny Rogers. “Cowboy” has been included under the non-performer category, which is awarded every third year.

On Saturday, May 18^th five of Nashville’s hit songwriters will come together at the Virginia Highlands Community College campus in Abington, VA for the Richard Leigh Music Festival.

Hall of Fame member, Tom Shapiro, was recently awarded Million-Air Awards from BMI for five of his songs.

The Nashville Songwriters Association International hosted an intimate ceremony to commemorate the lifetime achievement of Willie Nelson and present him with the inaugural Kris Kristofferson Award.

On July 14^th 2012 three generations of Guthries will come together to celebrate Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member, Woody Guthrie’s, 100^th birthday on stage for a “family reunion.” Led by legendary folk icon Arlo Guthrie, the tour will feature over a dozen shows across North America during July and August.

2009 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Mark D. Sanders was the latest subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum programming series “Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters.”

Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame member Sonny Curtis receives honor decades after Buddy Holly

Superstar Garth Brooks, a 2011 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member, will also take his place in the Country Music Association’s prestigious Hall of Fame in 2012. The 50-year-old Brooks was selected for the “Modern Era Artist” category.

Congratulations to 1993, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Don Schlitz, one of the new class of six inductees to New York’s Songwriters Hall of Fame.

1972 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Mel Tillis received the National Medal of Arts this month by President Obama at The White House. This award is the highest arts award presented by the U.S. government.  

Collaboration album dedicated to Waylon Jennings available soon.

1981 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee Bobby Braddock was presented with BMI’s Icon Award for writing and co-writing such songs as; ”D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Time Marches On,” “Did You Ever,” “Golden Ring,” I Wanna Talk About Me,” “I Feel Like Loving You Again” and “People Are Crazy.” 

The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams, a album of previously unreleased Hank Williams lyrics with music written and performed by several artists, including Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Members Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Merle Haggard and 2011 inductee Alan Jackson has just been released.

Congratulations to Bill Anderson , a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member on being inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame. 

Guy Clark's Songs and Stories is set be released August 16, 2011 and fellow artists and friends pay homage to Guy in This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, a double album set to be released this fall.

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member, Bobby Braddock, along with co-writer Troy Jones, have a #1 hit with “People Are Crazy” recorded by Billy Currington.    The songwriter’s celebrated the chart-topping collaboration with Billy at a party hosted by BMI.  

2004, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Dennis Morgan collaborated with Shawn Camp and Billy Burnette to write “River of Love” which has become George Straits, 57^th  #1 single.  Dennis has had numerous # 1 hits including:  “ I  knew You Were Waiting For Me,” sung by Aretha Franklin and George Michaels, “Let Me Go,” by Faith Hill, and “I was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” by Barbara Mandrell.  “River of Love” marks over 30 #1 hits for Dennis Morgan.

Did you know that in addtion to being a Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame Member,  Jimmy Buffett is also a best-selling author of five books?  His lastest,  "Swine-Not?"  has just been released in paperback.

Watch a video interview Jimmy on Amazon.com where he talks about writing books vs. writing songs.  View it here.

Congratulations to Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member, Bob DiPiero, on his  nomination  for the 2011 Oscar for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture for "Coming Home," featured on the Country Song soundtrack.   The song, written by Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, is performed by the film's star, previous Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow, who describes it as "emotional to sing," and says it is her favorite song included in the film.“

Hall of Fame members Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan made history June 9, 2010 when their classic ballad “Smoky Mountain Rain” became the official state song of Tennessee.